# Shift+Click to select multiple topics as in Gmail

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/shift-click-to-select-multiple-topics-as-in-gmail/206497>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Tags:** completed, bulk-actions\
**Created:** [October 19, 2021, 10:53pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/shift-click-to-select-multiple-topics-as-in-gmail/206497 "2021-10-19T22:53:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)\
**Post date:** [October 25, 2021, 11:50pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/shift-click-to-select-multiple-topics-as-in-gmail/206497/10 "2021-10-25T23:50:36Z")

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I see what you mean, but usually there is a “select all” button in web design, e.g.

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/1/5/15913ab9b93e8fd341550356168374b20cc9ba33.png)

So there’s less need for a shift+click when you can Select All via the button.. and heck now that I’m testing it, actually shift+click works fine in this scenario for me?

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